Church Harvest Fest

This past Sunday, our church had its annual Harvest Fest. It was a great evening and we all had a lot of fun. I think it was the first year in a few years that it didn't rain. We always have a huge bonfire, a hayride, tons of yummy food and a Halloween costume parade. Unfortunately my battery died halfway into the night, so I didn't get a lot of pictures. But I did get a few good ones. ☺

The ginormous bonfire.

Jackson watching the fire.

Jackson and I by the fire.

Jackson and I on the hayride.

Jackson playing with some hay on the hayride. ☺

I hope you all have a great weekend!!

Trick or Treating

We had a very fun evening Trick or Treating with Jackson last night. My parents and my Sister and her family came over to go trick or treating with us. Jake and my dad made a fire in our driveway and while we took the kids out trick or treating, my parents passed out candy. It was a little cool so we just went down our street and partially down another street and then headed back home. Here are a few pictures from the evening. :-)

Jackson really liked riding in his new wagon! He sat nice and still the whole way.

Paw Paw pulling Jackson around in the wagon while we waited for my sister and her family to get there. :-)

Our nice warm fire.

Jackson and my nephew Mason in the wagon.

Landon dressed up as the Hulk (without his mask on). Jackson just loves Landon. :-)

Getting some candy at the first house we went to. 

This house really goes all out every year!

All three boys in the wagon.

Our 2 failed attempts at getting a family picture. :-) Oh well. 

Jackson eating a piece of his Halloween candy at the end of the night. :-)

I hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween Everyone! 

I hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween! We are having family over for dinner tonight and then we're taking the kids trick or treating around our neighborhood! 

What are your Halloween plans?

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Sweet Baby Sam - A Newborn Photo Session

This past weekend, I had the privilege of taking a few photos of our friends' new baby. He is my sister's nephew, so she tagged along to help. :-) He was born on Oct. 17th. He's so sweet and so cute! It was fun getting to hold a new little baby again. ☺

I have to give credit where credit is due for this photo. I found the idea here, and because Sam's Daddy plays the guitar, I thought this would be a really fun picture to try. :-)

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Carving Pumpkins

Once a week, my sister's family, my family and my Papa all go over to my Parents' house for dinner. Last week, we had dinner and then carved pumpkins. My mom had picked up a pumpkin for each of the kids. Unfortunately, my sister's oldest son, Landon, slept through dinner and pumpkin carving. We tried waking him up, but he just wasn't having it. Ha. So my sister carved his pumpkin for him. He is being the Incredible Hulk for Halloween this year, so she carved him into Landon's pumpkin. Then my BIL, Jason, carved owls into Mason's pumpkin and I carved a Mickey Mouse head into Jackson's. :-) Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Jackson and I with his pumpkin.

Mason with his pumpkin.

Mason and Jackson with their pumpkins.

Daddy keeping Jackson occupied while Mommy carved the pumpkin. ☺

My BIL Jason and my Sister Ashlee, carving pumpkins.

The pumpkins all carved for Halloween. ☺

Fall Fun in the Leaves

This past weekend I thought it would be fun to rake up some leaves and let Jackson play in them. He wasn't very amused at first, but when I started throwing them up in the air, he changed his mind. ☺

Here are a few pictures I took of Jackson in the leaves. 

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52 Weeks of Jackson

I found the idea to do this weekly photo project over here at younghouselove.com. I thought it would be so fun to try, and I guess it was for the most part. I'm glad I did it, but I'm glad its over as well. LOL. It was not an easy project to keep up with, I will tell you that. For the first couple weeks I had to try hard to keep him happy and not crying for his weekly picture. Then once we finally got in the groove of it, he started rolling over, :-( Once he learned to roll over, that made this weekly photo session far more of a challenge and with every new skill (crawling, walking) it got harder and harder. Keeping him still long enough for me to get a picture was next to impossible. Thank goodness for my new dslr. It takes much faster photos than my old point and shoot. ☺

I plan on adding these photos into a scrapbook or photo album of some sort and my sister is in the process of making him a quilt using the fabric from each week. ☺ I can't wait til its done. I also plan on scaling back now and just taking a monthly picture from now on. I'm not sure if I'll use fabric or just sit him in the same chair each week, but I'll keep posting his stats monthly with a few pictures for you to see how he's growing.

So without further adieu... here are weeks 1 and 52 side by side for comparison, and all of the rest of the weeks in between!!